# Patti Anderson

Patti Anderson is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 33A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 33A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4bab18ef-55dc-44bf-adfe-8dbdf9488a09

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4bab18ef-55dc-44bf-adfe-8dbdf9488a09 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0% of Anderson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## What Anderson says (MN 2025–26 session)

248 classified statements: 248 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Anderson | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.7% | 2.9% | 141 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 11.3% | 9.3% | 248 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 25.8% | 31.9% | 477 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.2% | 1.8% | 372 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.8% | 12.7% | 638 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.0% | 1.4% | 193 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 36% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State House Republicans 11%); Health 16% (State House Republicans 10%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 11% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.02), from 69 donors and 461 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

295 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 94.4% (97.5%). 20 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Niska Motion Suspension of Rules · HF 1849 Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1849/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · HF 2354 Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2354/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Long motion Suspension of Rules · HF 5149 Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5149/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4612 Omnibus Health and Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4612/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 334 Human Services Systems Modernization Advisory Council and Legislative Commission on Human Services Systems; creation · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF334/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 5200 Miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors correction · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5200/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Niska motion Take from the table · HF 2133 Income tax; pass-through entity tax technical correction made. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2133/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 1943 Pet shops prohibition from selling cats and dogs · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF1943/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4476 Omnibus Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4476/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 77. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5040: Tax on certain individuals and organizations convicted of and benefiting from fraud established. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5040/
- HF 5027: Forest Lake; marked U.S. Highway 61 and Washington County State-Aid Highway 32 intersection improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5027/
- HF 5000: Prior appropriation of bond proceeds for Forest Lake Veterans Memorial modified. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5000/
- HF 4950: Tax on certain individuals and organizations convicted of and benefiting from fraud established. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4950/
- HF 4907: Motor vehicle registration tax modified, and money transferred. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4907/
- HF 4795: Motor vehicle registration tax modified. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4795/
- HF 4578: Criminal sentencing in cases involving age deception modified. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4578/
- HF 4053: Forest Lake authorized to impose a local sales tax. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4053/
- HF 3814: Individual income and corporate franchise taxes; federal changes to section 179 expensing conformed. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3814/
- HF 3817: Individual income and corporate franchise taxes; federal changes to bonus depreciation conformed. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3817/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2114043739094315312
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2111548754444833264
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2103885594011001288
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2103986622572458073
- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2099232505383493889
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2098517578242982253
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2097508220407320811
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2097509952424161655
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2097511524461863129
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/pattiandersonmn/status/2097514813152805144

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15610
- Campaign site: https://pattiandersonmn.com/
- X: https://x.com/pattiandersonmn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PattiAndersonMN
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pattiandersonmn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patandersonmn/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4bab18ef-55dc-44bf-adfe-8dbdf9488a09